South carolina constitution

Article I: declaration of rights

Section 1 - All political power is vested in and derived from the...

Section 2 - The General Assembly shall make no law respecting an establishment...

Section 3 - The privileges and immunities of citizens of this State and...

Section 4 - No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, law impairing...

Section 5 - All elections shall be free and open, and every inhabitant...

Section 6 - Temporary absence from the State shall not forfeit a residence...

Section 7 - The power to suspend the laws shall be exercised only...

Section 8 - In the government of this State, the legislative, executive, and...

Section 9 - All courts shall be public, and every person shall have...

Section 10 - The right of the people to be secure in their...

Section 11 - No person may be held to answer for any crime...

Section 12 - No person shall be subject for the same offense to...

Section 13 - (B) For the limited purpose of the remedy of blight,...

Section 14 - The right of trial by jury shall be preserved inviolate....

Section 15 - All persons shall be, before conviction, bailable by sufficient sureties,...

Section 16 - In all indictments or prosecutions for libel, the truth of...

Section 17 - Treason against the State shall consist alone in levying war...

Section 18 - The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not...

Section 19 - No person shall be imprisoned for debt except in cases...

Section 20 - A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of...

Section 21 - No person shall in any case be subject to martial...

Section 22 - No person shall be finally bound by a judicial or...

Section 23 - The provisions of the Constitution shall be taken, deemed, and...

Section 24 - (1) A victim's exercise of any right granted by this...

Section 25 - The traditions of hunting and fishing are valuable parts of...

Article II: right of suffrage

Section 1 - All elections by the people shall be by secret ballot,...

Section 2 - No power, civil or military, shall at any time interfere...

Section 3 - Every citizen possessing the qualifications required by this Constitution and...

Section 4 - Every citizen of the United States and of this State...

Section 5 - Municipal electors shall possess the qualifications prescribed in this Constitution,...

Section 6 - The General Assembly may require each person to demonstrate a...

Section 7 - The General Assembly shall establish disqualifications for voting by reason...

Section 8 - The General Assembly shall provide for the registration of voters...

Section 9 - Any person denied registration shall have the right to appeal...

Section 10 - The General Assembly shall provide for the nomination of candidates,...

Section 11 - Electors shall in all cases except treason, felony, or a...

Section 12 - The fundamental right of an individual to vote by secret...

Article III: legislative department

Section 1 - The legislative power of this State shall be vested in...

Section 1a - The General Assembly ought frequently to assemble for the redress...

Section 2 - The House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen...

Section 3 - The House of Representatives shall consist of one hundred and...

Section 4 - In assigning Representatives to the several Counties, the General Assembly...

Section 5 - No apportionment of Representatives shall take effect until the general...

Section 6 - The Senate shall be composed of one member from each...

Section 7 - No person is eligible for a seat in the Senate...

Section 8 - The first election for members of the House of Representatives...

Section 9 - The annual session of the General Assembly shall convene at...

Section 10 - The terms of office of the Senators and Representatives chosen...

Section 11 - Each house shall judge of the election returns and qualifications...

Section 12 - Each house shall choose its own officers, determine its rules...

Section 13 - Each house may punish by imprisonment during its sitting any...

Section 14 - The members of both houses shall be protected in their...

Section 15 - Bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of...

Section 16 - The style of all laws shall be: "Be it enacted...

Section 17 - Every Act or resolution having the force of law shall...

Section 18 - No Bill or Joint Resolution shall have the force of...

Section 19 - Each member of the General Assembly shall receive such mileage...

Section 20 - In all elections by the General Assembly or either House...

Section 22 - Each house shall keep a journal of its own proceedings,...

Section 23 - The doors of each house shall be open, except on...

Section 24 - No person is eligible to a seat in the General...

Section 25 - If any election district shall neglect to choose a member...

Section 26 - Members of the General Assembly, and all officers, before they...

Section 27 - Officers shall be removed for incapacity, misconduct or neglect of...

Section 28 - The General Assembly shall enact such laws as will exempt...

Section 29 - Taxes on personal property must be laid upon the actual...

Section 30 - The General Assembly shall never grant extra compensation, fee or...

Section 31 - Lands belonging to or under the control of the State...

Section 33 - No unmarried woman shall legally consent to sexual intercourse who...

Section 34 - Provided, that the City of Gaffney may establish a civil...

Section 35 - It shall be the duty of the General Assembly to...

Section 36 - (3) (a) Any appropriation of monies from the Capital Reserve...

Article IV: executive department

Section 1 - The supreme executive authority of this State shall be vested...

Section 2 - No person shall be eligible to the office of Governor...

Section 3 - The Governor shall be elected by the qualified voters of...

Section 4 - The term of office of the Governor shall be four...

Section 5 - In the general election for Governor, the person having the...

Section 6 - If the Governor-elect dies or declines to serve, the Lieutenant...

Section 7 - In the event that neither the Governor-elect nor the Lieutenant...

Section 8 - (D) The General Assembly shall provide by law the manner...

Section 10 - Section repealed.

Section 11 - In the case of the removal of the Governor from...

Section 12 - Thereafter, if the Governor transmits to the President of the...

Section 13 - The Governor shall be Commander-in-Chief of the organized and unorganized...

Section 14 - With respect to clemency, the Governor shall have the power...

Section 15 - The Governor shall take care that the laws be faithfully...

Section 16 - The Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall receive for their services...

Section 17 - All State officers, agencies, and institutions within the Executive Branch...

Section 18 - The Governor shall, from time to time, give to the...

Section 19 - The Governor may on extraordinary occasions convene the General Assembly...

Section 20 - The Governor shall reside at the Capital of the State...

Section 21 - If a bill or joint resolution shall not be returned...

Article V: judicial department

Section 1 - The judicial power shall be vested in a unified judicial...

Section 2 - The Supreme Court shall consist of a Chief Justice and...

Section 3 - The members of the Supreme Court shall be elected by...

Section 4 - The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall be the...

Section 4a - All rules and amendments to rules governing practice and procedure...

Section 5 - The Supreme Court shall have power to issue writs or...

Section 6 - There shall be appointed by the Justices of the Supreme...

Section 7 - The Court of Appeals shall consist of a Chief Judge...

Section 8 - The members of the Court of Appeals shall be elected...

Section 9 - The Court of Appeals shall have such jurisdiction as the...

Section 10 - There shall be appointed by the Judges of the Court...

Section 11 - The Circuit Court shall be a general trial court with...

Section 12 - Jurisdiction in matters testamentary and of administration, in matters appertaining...

Section 13 - The General Assembly may by law provide for additional circuit...

Section 14 - Judges of the Circuit Court shall interchange circuits and all...

Section 15 - Any justice or judge serving in office on the effective...

Section 16 - The Justices of the Supreme Court and the judges of...

Section 17 - Within the unified court system, the Supreme Court shall have...

Section 18 - All vacancies in the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, or...

Section 19 - The General Assembly shall specify the grounds for disqualification of...

Section 20 - Each of the Justices of the Supreme Court and judges...

Section 21 - Judges shall not charge juries in respect to matters of...

Section 22 - The petit jury of the Circuit Court shall consist of...

Section 23 - It shall be the duty of the General Assembly to...

Section 24 - The Attorney General shall be the chief prosecuting officer of...

Section 25 - The General Assembly shall provide for the publication of the...

Section 26 - The Governor, by and with the advice and consent of...

Section 27 - No person may be elected to these judicial positions unless...

Article VI: officers

Section 1 - No person may be popularly elected to and serve in...

Section 2 - No person who denies the existence of the Supreme Being...

Section 3 - No person may hold two offices of honor or profit...

Section 4 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and all other officers of the...

Section 5 - Members of the General Assembly, and all officers, before they...

Section 6 - The Governor shall commission all officers of the State. All...

Section 7 - Beginning upon the expiration of the term of the Adjutant...

Section 8 - Any officer of the State or its political subdivisions, except...

Section 9 - Officers shall be removed for incapacity, misconduct, or neglect of...

Article VII: counties and county government

Section 1 - The General Assembly may establish new Counties in the following...

Section 2 - If two-thirds of the qualified electors voting at such election...

Section 3 - No new County hereafter formed shall contain less than one...

Section 4 - No old County shall be reduced to less area than...

Section 5 - In the formation of new Counties no old County shall...

Section 6 - All new Counties hereafter formed shall bear a just apportionment...

Section 7 - The General Assembly shall have the power to alter County...

Section 8 - No County Seat shall be removed except by a vote...

Section 9 - Each County shall constitute one election district, and shall be...

Section 10 - The General Assembly may provide for the consolidation of two...

Section 11 - Each of the several townships of this State, with names...

Section 12 - Until changed by the General Assembly, as allowed by this...

Section 13 - The General Assembly may at any time arrange the various...

Section 14 - Hereafter no County lines shall be so established as to...

Section 15 - The legislature may authorize participating governments to provide financial support...

Article VIII: local government

Section 1 - The powers possessed by all counties, cities, towns, and other...

Section 2 - Until changed by the General Assembly, as allowed by this...

Section 3 - No more than forty-six counties shall exist at any time,...

Section 4 - The General Assembly shall provide by law for the merger...

Section 5 - The General Assembly shall provide for the merger of a...

Section 6 - No county seat shall be removed except by a vote...

Section 7 - The General Assembly shall provide by general law for the...

Section 8 - The General Assembly shall provide by general law the criteria...

Section 9 - The structure and organization, powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of...

Section 10 - No laws for a specific municipality shall be enacted, and...

Section 11 - The General Assembly shall provide by general law two or...

Section 12 - Such charter or charter amendments shall not become effective until...

Section 13 - (D) Counties may jointly develop an industrial or business park...

Section 14 - (1) The freedoms guaranteed every person; (2) election and suffrage...

Section 15 - No law shall be passed by the General Assembly granting...

Section 16 - Any county or consolidated political subdivision created under this Constitution...

Section 17 - The provisions of this Constitution and all laws concerning local...

Section 18 - Sections 15 and 16 of this article notwithstanding, the General...

Article VIII-a: alcoholic liquors and beverages

Section 1 - In the exercise of the police power the General Assembly...

Article IX: corporations

Section 1 - The General Assembly shall provide for appropriate regulation of common...

Section 2 - The General Assembly shall provide by general law for the...

Article X: finance, taxation and bonded debt

Section 1 - (2) This subitem applies for property tax years beginning after...

Section 2 - (d) The General Assembly may change the ratios as set...

Section 3 - In addition to the exemptions provided and authorized in this...

Section 4 - The General Assembly shall provide for the assessment of all...

Section 5 - No tax, subsidy or charge shall be established, fixed, laid...

Section 6 - Whenever there is a merger of governments authorized under Section...

Section 7 - The special vote referred to in this subsection means an...

Section 8 - Money shall be drawn from the treasury of the State...

Section 9 - An accurate statement of the receipts and expenditures of the...

Section 10 - The General Assembly may direct, by law, in what manner...

Section 11 - Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a municipality, county,...

Section 12 - No law shall be enacted permitting the incurring of bonded...

Section 13 - (9) The General Assembly may authorize the State or any...

Section 14 - (10) Indebtedness payable solely from a revenue-producing project or from...

Section 15 - Bond anticipation notes shall be expressed to mature not later...

Section 16 - Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 11 of this article, the...

Article XI: public education

Section 1 - There shall be a State Board of Education composed of...

Section 2 - There shall be a State Superintendent of Education who shall...

Section 3 - The General Assembly shall provide for the maintenance and support...

Section 4 - No money shall be paid from public funds nor shall...

Article XII: functions of government

Section 1 - The health, welfare, and safety of the lives and property...

Section 2 - The General Assembly shall establish institutions for the confinement of...

Section 3 - The General Assembly shall provide for the separate confinement of...

Section 9 - The Penitentiary and the convicts thereto sentenced shall forever be...

Article XIII: militia

Section 1 - The militia of this State shall consist of all able-bodied...

Section 2 - The volunteer and militia forces shall (except for treason, felony...

Section 3 - The Governor shall have the power to call out the...

Section 4 - Beginning upon the expiration of the term of the Adjutant...

Section 5 - The General Assembly is hereby empowered and required, at its...

Article XIV: eminent domain

Section 1 - The State shall have concurrent jurisdiction on all rivers bordering...

Section 2 - The title to all lands and other property which have...

Section 3 - The people of the State are declared to possess the...

Section 4 - All navigable waters shall forever remain public highways free to...

Article XV: impeachment

Section 1 - The House of Representatives alone shall have the power of...

Section 2 - When the Governor is impeached, the Chief Justice of the...

Section 3 - For any willful neglect of duty, or other reasonable cause,...

Article XVI: amendment and revision of the constitution

Section 1 - Any amendment or amendments to this Constitution may be proposed...

Section 2 - If two or more amendments shall be submitted at the...

Section 3 - Whenever two-thirds of the members elected to each branch of...

Article XVII: miscellaneous matters

Section 1 - No person shall be elected or appointed to any office...

Section 1a - Every qualified elector is eligible to any office to be...

Section 1b - No property qualification, unless prescribed in this Constitution, shall be...

Section 2 - The General Assembly may direct, by law, in what manner...

Section 3 - Divorces from the bonds of matrimony shall be allowed on...

Section 4 - No person who denies the existence of a Supreme Being...

Section 5 - The printing of the laws, journals, bills, legislative documents and...

Section 6 - The General Assembly shall provide for the removal of all...

Section 7 - A raffle, if provided for by general law and conducted...

Section 7b - Provided, that provisions of this section prescribing the petition of...

Section 8 - It shall be unlawful for any person holding an office...

Section 9 - The real and personal property of a woman held at...

Section 10 - All laws now in force in this State and not...

Section 11 - Constitution of 1868 repealed. --Ninth. The provisions of the Constitution...

Section 12 - The General Assembly, in order to insure continuity of state...

Section 13 - Funds realized by Greenwood County from the sale of its...

Section 14 - Every citizen who is eighteen years of age or older,...

Section 15 - A marriage between one man and one woman is the...